08/04/2006

Game Poets Society

Inspired by the lack of good poems about games, these writers have formed the Game Poet Society. Their ambitious goal is to post a new poem twice a week.

From the "about" page:

Fanfiction currently resides as the only popular method of extrapolating concepts from video games in a literary sense, and the differences between our poetry and fanfiction is something that we think needs to be noted here.

Where fanfiction almost exclusively consists of characters from video games portrayed in author-determined situations where the plot is most important, poetry focuses more intently on the method and tone with which the message is being delivered. A fanfiction will chronicle a character's actions and hijinks in situations outside of the actual game, but the poem's tendrils are capable of far more elaborate feats.

Delightful! I've never been much of a poet (too few words, too compressed, can't think that way) but this inspires me to give videogame poetry a go.